Bracelet.



No. 804,137. 'PATENTED NOV. '7, 1905. S. B. KENT.

BRACELET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7,1905.

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' STEPHEN B. KENT, OF EAST ORANGE, NEWV JERSEY.

BRACELET.

Application filed June 7, 1905. Serial No. 264,138. 1 Q

T0 (0Z7. whom, it incl/y concern:

- Be it known that I, STEPHEN B. KENT, a. citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New'Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bracelets, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction ofbracelets of the general type shown and described in Letters Patent No.416,887; and it consists in a special construction by which the springblade or guard described therein is adapted for that class of braceletsknown as friendship bracelets and for bracelets in which it is desiredto conceal the lock or fastening as well as the hinge, hinge-joint, andseams.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an exterior view of the braceletclosed; Fig. 2, a view enlarged and partially in section of the braceletin its open position. Fig. 3 isaplan of the bracelet in open position.Fig. 4is an edge view, Fig. 5 a plan, and Fig. 6 an end View, of thespring-blade. Fig. 7 is a view of the mouth of the segment through whichthe spring-blade slides.

The bracelet consists of two segments a and Z), composed of hollow wiresor thin tubes, hinged together at 0. In the mouth of the segment a isprovided a small catch-piece a, partly obstructing the mouth of thetube. In the mouth of the segment 6 one end of the spring blade or guardd is secured, preferably,

by solder, and the opposite end is inserted in the mouth of the segmenta. The guard (Z is provided upon its free end with a projecting lug (Z,adapted to abut against the catch-piece a when the bracelet is opened.This lug is an extension or projecting continuation of a plug insertedand secured in the end of the section or segment a and is of the samediameter as the internal diameter of the segments a Z), the lug or plugextension thus being adapted to nicely fit within the end of the thesubject of the patent above referred to the lug cl is formed as athumb-piece, which, when the bracelet is closed, projects into areinforced slot in the section (6 and keeps the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1905.

bracelet locked. Thesections are unlocked by pressing the lug d inward,separating the sections at the joint. In my improved bracelet I do notuse the lug d as a thumb-piece; but instead I provide the guard (:l witha laterally-projecting spring-tongue (Z near its fastened end. which,when the bracelet is closed, is forced inwardly in section a'past thecatchpiece a, with which the free end of the tongue 6Z2 engages andlocks the bracelet. To provide for opening the bracelet, I form apinhole 6 in the side of the section a, immediately back of thecatch-piece (5, so that by the insertion of point of a pin thespring-tongue 6Z2 can be pressed out of engagement with the catch-piecea and the sections separated at the joint.

The guard (Z is constructed separate from the other parts of thebracelet, with the lug d thereon. In order to introduce it in the mouthof the segment a, it is turned at right angles to its normal position,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7, that the lug cl may clear thecatch-piece a in such operation. It is then turned around to its normalposition and its opposite end inserted in the mouth of the segment 6 andsecured therein.

As one of the objects of my invention is to produce a jointed braceletsimilar to a banglebracelet, by so constructing it as to conceal thejoints, seams, lock, and hinge parts, I do not construct the part a withthe enlarged mouth shown in the patent referred to; but instead I makethe ends of sections a b flush and even'with the rest of the braceletand similarly finish the hinge ends and locate the hinge members g ginside the surface of the sections, so that when the bracelet is closedno seams, joints, hinge, or locking parts will be apparent; but thebracelet will present a continuous unbroken ring or bangle. In order toprevent the formation of burs or fins on the ends of the sections, asoccurs when the ends are brought into close contact, I shoulder thefastened end of the guard d, as shown at 6Z3, so that the shoulder willabut against the catch-piece a and prevent the ends of the sectionsfromcoming into forcible contact or together under pressure.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and-desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. A bracelet composed of tubular sections hinged together, one of saidsections having secured within its free end a plug with a proecting bosshaving secured thereto a combined guard and latch, said plug being ofthe same diameter as the internal diameter of the hinged sections, andthe opposing section provided with a combined stop and catch-piecewithin its open end, against which said plug abuts when. the bracelet isclosed, and with which said latch engages, and with a pinhole in itsside back of said stop and catch-piece, through which access may be hadto the interlocking latch to disengage the latter from the catch-piece.

2. A bracelet composed of tubular sections hinged together, one ofsaidsections being provided with a combined catch-piece and stop within itsopen end, and the opposing section provided with a plug inserted in andprojecting from its end and of the same diameter as the internaldiameter of the sections, and having attached thereto a spring-guardadapted to slide Within the first-named section and having a lug at itsfree end to prevent withdrawal, said guard being formed at its other endwith a laterally-projecting spring tongue or catch adapted to engagewith the catchpiece.

3. In a bracelet composed of two hollow wire segments hinged together atone end, the combination with the segment a, provided at its mouth, withthe catch-piece a, and back of said catch-piece, with a pinhole c, ofthe segment 6, having secured therein a plug of the same diameter as theinternal diameter of the segments, said plug projecting from its segmentand said plug having attached thereto a safety spring-guard cl, whichenters the segment a, and is provided, at its unfastened end, with a lugcl, and at its fastened end, with a spring-tongue OZ said lug and tonguebeing arranged and adapter to engage with the catchpiece a, whenthebracelet is opened and closed respectively.

4:, A bracelet composed of two tubular sections hinged together, one ofsaid sections being provided with a combined catch and stop within itsfree end, and back of its mouth, and the other section provided with aplug secured in and projecting from its free end and of the samediameter as the internal diameter of the hinged sections, and havingattached thereto a spring-guard which enters and moves within thefirst-named section and is provided with means for engaging said stopwhen the bracelet is opened and closed, the projecting end of said plugbeing adapted, when the bracelet is closed, to enter the end of theopposite section and to abut against said stop.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN B. KENT.

Witnesses:

WM. 1. KELLEY, J. M. DROMOTT.

